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TIL I learned the moon looks upside down in Australia

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69Nw8 TIL that astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it's filling and low on dietary fiber so they won't have to poop during the mission
OoeEL TIL Rum-Running is smuggling alcohol over water; Boot-Legging is smuggling alcohol over land.
LdLP TIL - In 1916, Manfred von Richthofen was considered a below average pilot who crashed during his first flight. Upon his death two years, and 80 aerial kills later, the British buried The Red Baron with full military honors out of respect for his skill as an aviator.
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
yQmdp TIL the first police force of New South Wales (Australia) consisted of eight of the best-behaved convicts